Mia Mattsson Mercer

Children and Animal Warrior

Tag Archives: That’s Amore

My Sweet Senior Dog got Dementia

0

Dementia is devastating to witness. You feel helpless, and yet so hopeful in different ways, and moments. Sammy’s lack of hearing is getting worse. When he is outside in the garden, you have to clap your hands hard. He doesn’t hear your voice anymore, only hard claps. Then Sammy wakes up, disoriented, but in the next moment amazingly happy to see me.

Even his eyesight is getting worse. When it’s getting dark it is difficult for him to see if the front-door is open. Outside we use flashlight for him. Inside, we put up a light sensor by the door.

In the mornings he is like a puppy, young and playful. Later, he falls asleep like a grandpa. Grandpa Sammy snores peacefully in his dog-bed.

He need a lot of quiet time.

Stress makes him more confused.

No new places.

Sammy gets disoriented.

Is he suffering? No, we don’t think so. He is happy in both worlds ❤️

It’s more difficult for us, knowing he is getting ready for the other world.

That’s Love Friends! That’s Amore!

❤️ please consider adopting Seniors, let them have a peaceful ending.

Help the shelter dogs with homeopathic calmness drops, and medical treatments. Wet food, so their medicine goes down easily. Treats, as a comfort of love.

Let us support those who love us in every special way and moment. That’s Amore!

Rihannas Grieving Story

0

This is one of my stories I wrote two years ago– me think–about the journey of their soul and one horse view of depression. Of course all our Animals have their own stories to tell, just like us.

Many writes to me about their grief, when its time to say Good bye, to their beloved fury friend. Love can also be painful. Animals opens up our true feelings – To all of you that lost your four-legged friend, here is Rihannas story again.

Rihannas thoughts about Grieving

A week had passed since we had to say goodbye to one of AWL rescue horses, GummiBear. Rihanna his horse friend, and I, walked together in the woods. The sun shone warmly on our backs as we walked among the trees along the path. Butterflies and dragonflies flew past us. The birds sang, and Nature was peaceful and beautiful.

It was as if time stood still, while everything around us lived.
“Rihanna, do you miss GB?” my thought asked her-Yes, I miss him but not in the same way as you! You mourn him,

I do not. I have accepted and it makes it easier with grief. It is when you cannot accept, that you become depressed, or frustrated. If we do not learn to accept, we become vulnerable in the wild, in life itself.

Then you could never hear the birds sing again. ”

“But you’re not out in the wild!”-The difference between pets and wild free-ranging animals is macabre. You listen to me and leave my spirit free, therefore I have not lost the knowledge of life. We know that the soul lives on, that is the only thing no one can take away from us.

That’s Amore!

Human and Horse Therapists Together

1

I am very excited to see our “quiet” project, back in 2018 named as Giving Back, is becoming known by various psychologist, and different therapists in our area.  And our project is growing!

I am truly thankful, and enthusiastic for their open minds, and becoming more aware that animals, are having a huge impact on us humans healing.

Me and AWL (supporters) are rescuing horses with different kind of mental illness. Some of the horses are having ‘deeper’ depressions than the others.

Me and my daughter, work quietly together with the rescue horses, figuring out with their guidance, how they wants to heal.

Each one of them, shows us which directions they want to go. Since they don’t have the same story, or experiences to tell us, we need to listen extra carefully.

All five horses doesn’t receive the same therapy from us!

Same goes for us humans.

Mental illness doesn’t take a break, and neither can we.

That’s Amore!